Role of the United States in the negotiation and conclusion of the treaty of peace with Japan; conclusion of a bilateral security treaty; progress toward an administrative agreement; policy of the United States regarding rearmament of Japan; occupation and control of Japan 1
1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1950, vol. vi, pp. 1109 ff.
Notes on Sources
Emphasis of the Japanese compilation for 1951 is largely upon policies and events leading up to conclusion of the multilateral Japanese Peace Treaty and United States-Japan security arrangements. After some consideration of grouping United States negotiations on the Peace Treaty with each of the major Far Eastern Commission powers in a series of subcompilations, the editors decided instead on a chronological organization in order to eliminate excessive cross-referencing.
The compilation takes note also of the planning and discussion of Japanese rearmament within the United States Government and between the two countries. Material is included on the changing relationship of the occupying powers and of SCAP to the Japanese Government, especially with regard to the purge directives. There is a smaller quantity of material on economic questions not connected with the Treaty.
The compilation is based on the archives of the Department of State and on pertinent documents from other agencies which could be specifically requested on the basis of mention in the Department’s files. The compilers have also examined the H. Alexander Smith papers and the declassified and unclassified portions of the John Foster Dulles papers, at Princeton University, for materials on the Peace and Security Treaties.
The main Peace Treaty decimal file is 694.001. The main Japanese political file, 794.00 and its subfiles, is also useful. Interrelated police and rearmament questions are filed under 794.56 and 894.501.
The major Lot file is 54D423, the John Foster Dulles Peace Treaty File. Some materials in it are not duplicated elsewhere; additionally, its documents are more convenient to use than are other copies scattered through the decimal files. This Lot is also a major source for [Page 778] the compilation dealing with East Asian-Pacific security. In Lot 56D527, a file of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, are several folders representing the working Treaty files of several of the officials of that Office.
The foregoing is intended to serve as an introduction, not an exhaustive guide, to the pertinent material in the files.
[704] The Indian Chargé (Kirpalani) to the Consultant to the Secretary of State
Truman Library, Truman papers (PSF Subject File)
[705] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of Regional American Affairs (Burrows)
694.001/8–2451
[706] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Republic of Korea
694.001/8–2451: Telegram
[707] The Ambassador in Indonesia (Cochran) to the Secretary of State
694.001/8–2451: Telegram
[708] The Ambassador in Indonesia (Cochran) to the Secretary of State
694.001/8–2551: Telegram
[709] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rusk)
694.001/8–2651
[710] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald)
694.001/8–2851: Telegram
[712] Memorandum by Mr. William L. S. Williams of the Office of South Asian Affairs
694.001/8–2951
[713] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs (Johnson)
611.94/8–2251
[714] Memorandum by the Officer in Chargé of Thai and Malayan Affairs (Landon) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rusk)
Lot 54 D 423
[715] The Chargé in the Republic of China (Rankin) to the Secretary of State
694.001/8–3051: Telegram
[716] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in India
690.941/8–3151: Telegram
[718] The Acting United States Political Advisor to SCAP (Bond) to the Secretary of State
693.949/9–151: Telegram
[719] Memorandum of Conversation, by the United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald)
694.001/9–351
[721] Memorandum of Conversation, by the United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald)
Lot 54 D 423
[722] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rusk)
Lot 54 D 423
[723] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Officer in Chargé of Economic Affairs in the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs (Hemmendinger)
894.10/12–1251
[724] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs (Satterthwaite)
Lot 54D423
[725] The Ambassador in India (Henderson) to the Secretary of State
690.941/9–351: Telegram
[726] Unsigned Memorandum of Conversation
H. Alexander Smith Papers, Princeton University
[728] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs (McClurkin) to the Director of that Office (Johnson)
794.00/9–451
[729] The Secretary of Defense (Marshall) to the Secretary of State
794.5621/9–451
[730] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs (Satterthwaite)
Lot 54D423
[731] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Delegation in San Francisco
693.94/9–551: Telegram
[732] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State
694.001/9–651: Telegram
[733] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State
694.001/9–651: Telegram
- Senator Smith’s “Diary” entry for September 4 reads in part as follows: “Yesterday I saw Dulles re developments and he told me of the conversation with Yoshida. I was angered to learn that apparently Acheson left the door open for the Japs to recognize and make a treaty [with] (Communist China and not Nationalists. Dulles was disturbed so a conference was arranged for me with Yoshida.” The “Diary” indicates also that this conference took place on the 3d. (Smith Papers) For Mr. Sebald’s memorandum of a conversation held September 3 between the Prime Minister, Secretary Acheson, and other officials, see p. 1315.↩